Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-19

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Those who recall the iheater In England even
twenty years ago VIII remember that one Of the
evils which have arisen from the love of the spec
.aculas-preierred At present even 70 hne acting
II that once piece Is prcduceo u must remain
upon the boards for some time, In order that the
some pru.;;. In the ,rst half OF the century the
prozraIa varied almost every evening, and q piece
was considered to have had a phenofnenai run
waen IL had reached It's fiftieth night. II Is I'm
fortunate that our iheatess are so constructed as
not TO permit OF anything like adequate storage
9. scenery ana the fact thar 50 many ini,ammaSie
have occurred within the past few years. It would
created 70 store the scenery not in use a. our
thcatsrs such as exists in Paris In the Rue Richer.
Here Is deposited the scenery OF about thirty
got at, and even put up in few hours, should the
play for which II IL Intended be mounted In q
hurry.
IS only the background 20 the actors, and there
fore should never be painted TOO infinitely or TOO
neavy while y should ever DC De, Artistic , 10 desga
stage &C one ume-it overcrowds. After al, we
only see at q glance o po-ton Of an object which
interior OF cathedral far greater eject is pro-
duced By the Introduction OF portions OF one or
two columns only, perfectly designed and Quilt up
ground, seen, as IL were through q vista, than II
we attempt to put In miniature, even on an I'M
stage the entire nave q che
good taste in modern decoration and archaeological
accuracy In dramas, the action Of which occurs In
nioat important matter is the proper manage.
ment OF stage light. As a rule, when fire fs
shown burning In crate, such q quantity OF red
Being ilammated pi by " warm arm ana cSeerful glow,
can easily be obvated by alternating slips OF red,
We now come to the vexed question OF NOON
light sometimes we see q transparency moon
shedding yellow glow On the back OF the stage.
green tint TO the right or left, according to the
position OF the leading actress In Romeo and
S"us orb II hne '.f e aSo
from side to side OF her balcony with the ndelty
OF lapdo1. surely, II the moon Is yellow at the
and not from another col0red orb OF wandering
propensties! In theaters which are illuminated
~ me electric ight moonlight effects can be easily
the stage, 80 that it shines down upon IT. and II
ths shadows are very dark the manager need
nov Iear sncI, iSr .ney are mose picturesque It
a mistake 70 have TOO much light upon the
stsgt Ia Myht scenes, ana no one under
s 500 IEis oet6er man {" wagner wnen ne mountep
nus opSlas VI bayteutn. ne kept the au0ltor,uin
as cara as possioie, ana produced some OF his
Granusse enects OF chtaro-ose,.ro by allowing the
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thar fhoro ,rorn octroI1v on,- TO 1890 soS.s